Ruth Benedict
BENEDICT, Ruth
Ruth Fulton; Ruth Fulton Benedict; Ruth Benedict; pseudonym Anne Singleton (poetry)
5 June 1887 – 17 September 1948
Birthplace: Unconfirmed location, New York State
American author, poet & anthropologist
Authors
“History is filled with examples of men and women who rendered highly effective performance without the conventional badges of accomplishment in terms of certificates, diplomas, or degrees. Diplomas and tests are useful servants, but Congress has mandated the commonsense proposition that they are not to become masters of reality.”
American
American Presidents & First Ladies
Authors
Civil Rights Activists & Humanitarians
Georgia (birthplace)
Nobel Prize Recipients
Non-Profit Leaders
Philanthropists
Politicians
CARTER, Jimmy
CitationContextSource LinkCitation “A simple and a proper function of government is just to make it easy for us to do good and difficult for us to do wrong.” ~Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States “Our Nation’s Past and Future” (15 July 1976) Presidential candidacy acceptance speech, Democratic National Convention, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY; transcript online via The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum, ‘Acceptance Speech,' www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov Context Extended excerpt [Presidential candidate nomination acceptance speech]: “It is time for our government leaders to respect the law no less than the humblest citizen, so that we can end once and for all a double standard of justice. A
American
Authors
Commentators, Critics & Pundits
Educators
Non-Profit Leaders
Pennsylvania (birthplace)
CARY, Lorene
CitationContextSource ISBNCitation “I had not loved enough. I’d been busy, busy, so busy, preparing for life, while life floated by me, quiet and swift as a regatta.” ~Lorene Cary, American author Black Ice (1991) New York: First Vintage Books, 1992 edition, p. 218 Context Extended excerpt: [Memoir] “I had not loved enough. I’d been busy, busy, so busy, preparing for life, while life floated by me, quiet and swift as a regatta. I had not loved enough. The greedy girl inside me clutched at the little white box with its red ribbons. She was heartbreaking to look upon, a spoiled child at a party grabbing up expensive gifts, no
BURCHILL, Julie
“Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death’s perfect punctuation mark is a smile.”